Graduate Course: Old Testament Orientation 1

Summary: In this discussion thread, Kim examines three important theological themes in the first 11 chapters of Genesis for understanding the God of the Bible as well as two themes about mankind. These are relevant for Bible students to be aware of so that their reading of the rest of Genesis and the other 65 books of the Bible are done through the correct lens.

Graduate Course: Old Testament Orientation 1

Summary: Judges exemplifies Israel’s moral deterioration as a nation due to the neglect of its relationship with God and his commandments. Doing “what was right in their own eyes” rather than what was right in the eyes of God led the Israelites away from God’s standard and creating their own definition of truth. These lessons are relevant for 21st century believers.

For Graduate Course: Research, Writing, and Ministry Prep

Summary: Kim examines the historical, cultural, and literary context of the key passage (Eph 4:7-16) and suggests the Apostle Paul’s appeal to first-century believers in Asia transcends the centuries and calls the modern-day, global church—collectively and individually—to acknowledge a corporate vulnerability to false teachings due to the neglect of the contextual study of Scripture. Instead, all believers past and present were/are called to deliberately engage with mature, qualified, biblically-literate leaders to become equipped, built up, and unified, so as to “attain to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.”